pyramidallyadv.

Brit.

/pᵻˈramᵻdl̩i/,

/pᵻˈramᵻdəli/, U.S.

/ˌpɪrəˈmɪdl̩i/,

/pəˈræmədl̩i/

Forms: see pyramidal adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pyramidal adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < pyramidal adj. + -ly suffix².

1. In a pyramidal manner; in the shape of a pyramid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adverb] > triangle > pyramid

pyramidally1561

pyramid-wise1589

pyramidicallya1634

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. viii. f. xxxiv The shadowe of the whole earth is piramidallye sharpe [Sp. toda la tierra tiene sombra piramidal].

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 67 Vpon a base a too foot square & hy,..a square pilaster rizing pyramidally of a fyfteen foot hy.

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. v. 203 The rayes of the Sun, and all other luminous Objects as they constitute its visible species, are darted only Pyramidally.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. ii. 42 They stand both together pyramidally.

1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. xii. 384 The Officers, instead of Pistols, carrying at their Saddle-bow huge Leather Bottles, pyramidally shaped.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 84 Rising pyramidally..at least five hundred and forty feet above the sea.

1859 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. & Statist. Soc. 1 197 A seven-fold inclosure, or court-within-court, rising like this temple pyramidally.

1890 Farmer's Gaz. 4 Jan. 7/1 The shoots of a pyramidally trained tree.

1960 E. B. Haas in R. A. Falk & W. A. Hanrieder Internat. Law & Organization xiv. 301 Authority can be viewed as being structured hierarchically or pyramidally.

1996 M. Glendinning et al. Hist. Sc. Archit. iii. 116 Clerk's father..had constructed a tall, pyramidally roofed mausoleum.

†2. In the manner of an ancient Egyptian mummy (with allusion to embalmment). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xiii. 366 A man may be happy without the apprehension thereof: surely in that sence he is pyramidally happy.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 72 To subsist in bones, and be but Pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration.

†3. figurative. Greatly, colossally (cf. pyramidal adj. 2b). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely

hugelyc1380

huge1508

enormly1538

monstruously?1548

massively1550

monstrously1602

a worlda1616

hugeouslya1643

immensely1654

vastly1664

swingingly1668

hugeous1673

gigantically1678

vast1688

swingeing1690

thumpingly1693

enormously1695

pancratically1727

immense1754

colossally1809

whooping1866

monumentally1877

pyramidically1886

pyramidally1891

galactically1968

1891 Sat. Rev. 28 Feb. 275/1 So pyramidally ignorant is the British newspaper-man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyramidally
释义	pyramidallyadv. Brit. /pᵻˈramᵻdl̩i/, /pᵻˈramᵻdəli/, U.S. /ˌpɪrəˈmɪdl̩i/, /pəˈræmədl̩i/ Forms: see pyramidal adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pyramidal adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < pyramidal adj. + -ly suffix². 1. In a pyramidal manner; in the shape of a pyramid. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adverb] > triangle > pyramid pyramidally1561 pyramid-wise1589 pyramidicallya1634 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. viii. f. xxxiv The shadowe of the whole earth is piramidallye sharpe [Sp. toda la tierra tiene sombra piramidal]. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 67 Vpon a base a too foot square & hy,..a square pilaster rizing pyramidally of a fyfteen foot hy. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. v. 203 The rayes of the Sun, and all other luminous Objects as they constitute its visible species, are darted only Pyramidally. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. ii. 42 They stand both together pyramidally. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. xii. 384 The Officers, instead of Pistols, carrying at their Saddle-bow huge Leather Bottles, pyramidally shaped. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 84 Rising pyramidally..at least five hundred and forty feet above the sea. 1859 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. & Statist. Soc. 1 197 A seven-fold inclosure, or court-within-court, rising like this temple pyramidally. 1890 Farmer's Gaz. 4 Jan. 7/1 The shoots of a pyramidally trained tree. 1960 E. B. Haas in R. A. Falk & W. A. Hanrieder Internat. Law & Organization xiv. 301 Authority can be viewed as being structured hierarchically or pyramidally. 1996 M. Glendinning et al. Hist. Sc. Archit. iii. 116 Clerk's father..had constructed a tall, pyramidally roofed mausoleum. †2. In the manner of an ancient Egyptian mummy (with allusion to embalmment). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xiii. 366 A man may be happy without the apprehension thereof: surely in that sence he is pyramidally happy. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 72 To subsist in bones, and be but Pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. †3. figurative. Greatly, colossally (cf. pyramidal adj. 2b). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely hugelyc1380 huge1508 enormly1538 monstruously?1548 massively1550 monstrously1602 a worlda1616 hugeouslya1643 immensely1654 vastly1664 swingingly1668 hugeous1673 gigantically1678 vast1688 swingeing1690 thumpingly1693 enormously1695 pancratically1727 immense1754 colossally1809 whooping1866 monumentally1877 pyramidically1886 pyramidally1891 galactically1968 1891 Sat. Rev. 28 Feb. 275/1 So pyramidally ignorant is the British newspaper-man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1561
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